urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-0fe3bf75-d27b-4a36-a090-48498096b48bThe BVQ BlogIBM Spectrum Virtualize Monitoring, Analysis, Reporting, Alerting and more 0301282018-02-19T11:21:33-05:00IBM Connections - Blogsurn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-17f779cd-d697-45c2-94e9-b65204c21b68Global Mirror with change volume analysis using the BVQ GUI (the follow-on step to solve problems)mipi270004DGB0activefalseComment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikestrue2018-02-19T11:21:32-05:002018-02-19T11:21:32-05:00<p dir="ltr">&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr">In the blog entry before I showed how we can easily monitor Global mirror with change volume (GMCV)</p>
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In this entry I want to show that&nbsp; BVQ can go much deeper in the analysis of Global Mirrors.</p>
<p dir="ltr">This is the main benefit of BVQ - giving you a great overview with web-monitoring to recognize problems and allowing you to go deep to solve problems in a follow-on step.<br>
<a href="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/x/UoIfAw">Link&nbsp;to&nbsp;whitepaper</a></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span lang="en"><span>The following picture shows the write data rate between two clusters running a GMCV relationship.</span><br>
<span>This picture shows aggregated performance across all ports and can be used very well for planning. This is possible for FC and IP ports</span> </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><a href="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/download/attachments/22053091/image2018-2-19%2017%3A10%3A29.png?version=1&amp;modificationDate=1519056629772&amp;api=v2" target="_blank"><img alt="image" src="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/download/attachments/22053091/image2018-2-19%2017%3A10%3A29.png?version=1&amp;modificationDate=1519056629772&amp;api=v2" style=" display:block; margin: 1em 1em 0pt 0pt; float: left;"></img></a></p>&nbsp; In the blog entry before I showed how we can easily monitor Global mirror with change volume (GMCV) https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/BVQ/entry/Whitepaper_about_a_monitoring_package_for_Global_Mirror_Change_Volume?lang=en In this entry...00526urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-0fe3bf75-d27b-4a36-a090-48498096b48bThe BVQ Blog2018-02-19T11:21:33-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-855eb129-3289-438a-8f14-30a044509673Monitoring package for Global Mirror Change Volumemipi270004DGB0activefalsemipi270004DGB0activefalseComment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikestrue2018-02-08T11:36:51-05:002018-02-14T07:42:28-05:00<p dir="ltr"><span id="result_box" lang="en" tabindex="-1"><span>In a customer project, we&#39;ve developed dashboards that made it easy to monitor the correct settings of the consistency group cycle periods.</span><br>
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<p dir="ltr">We call these special series of dashboards &ldquo;Flip Dashboards&rdquo; because each individual dashboard is showing the status of the Storage front-end backend and resources. All these are on different bowser tabs which rotate by the use a Tab changer . They flip from tab to tab automatically.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">These are ideal for a wallboard kind of display because the information is clearly structured and easy to see from a distance.<br>
The alarm colors in the gauges quickly show if there is a problem.</p>
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The BVQ Web Monitoring Interface makes it very easy to display data, but it is also designed to support very complex analysis steps.<br>
The interface makes use of the BVQ&#39;s topology information, which allows to group data between all levels of the storage.&nbsp;<br>
The dashboards are a perfect starting point to gather information, then use the BVQ GUI for deeper analysis.</p>
<p dir="ltr">&nbsp;</p>Storage monitoring can be designed very efficiently and easy to understand at one glance. &nbsp;This WEB Monitoring Interface was designed very quickly. See these Dashboards for example! &nbsp; We call these special series of dashboards &ldquo;Flip...001085urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-0fe3bf75-d27b-4a36-a090-48498096b48bThe BVQ Blog2018-02-19T11:21:33-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-e0138051-a5d0-4a02-9ae6-209e5aaa1dd2BVQ Web Dashboard for anyone and from anywheremipi270004DGB0activefalsemipi270004DGB0activefalseComment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikestrue2017-12-02T04:30:46-05:002017-12-02T18:13:46-05:00<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The new BVQ Web Dashboard in BVQ 5.3.2 allows you to share the status of the SVC with anyone and from anywhere. Just access the dashboard from any web browser and immediately see how your SVC Storage is behaving. Then use the BVQ interface to do deeper analysis.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The performance data is continuously recorded and available for monitoring.&nbsp; See the status of the front-end, back-end, cache partitions, Node CPU utilization as well as the Node port utilization. The details of each VDisk load and latency is displayed as well.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr">This post comes from my colleague Rosario Neuman</p>The performance analysis and troubleshooting of your SVC infrastructure needs a structure. Analyze the SVC in a structured way by using BVQ&rsquo;s structured performance analysis methodology.&nbsp; This methodology guides you through the data path and it can,...002218urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-0fe3bf75-d27b-4a36-a090-48498096b48bThe BVQ Blog2018-02-19T11:21:33-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-6bd2c50a-e00e-40a9-a150-5a14d68dfbcfSee how well BVQ works with large SVC clusters ...mipi270004DGB0activefalsemipi270004DGB0activefalseComment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikestrue2017-11-03T10:15:03-04:002017-11-03T10:15:03-04:00<p dir="ltr">BVQ really works well with large SVC clusters in the enterprise.&nbsp; BVQ was designed with that specific requirement in mind.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Analyzing and troubleshooting a large SVC cluster can be done in just a few minutes. No searching in tables to make sense of data.&nbsp; BVQ is the tool for analyzing hundreds or even thousands of SVC objects at once with just a few clicks.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Our customers have struggled with the large amount of objects to&nbsp; search through to be able to find the single one, causing a high latency issue.<br>
The system administrators were restricted because they&#39;ve had to analyze a limited number of objects at one time and now are able to perform their admin tasks effectively and have time to handle more urgent tasks because from one single instance, a VDisk can be identified and isolated to continue with the troubleshooting.</p>
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Use the function of plotting all single VDisks from the aggregate and the zoom in function by selecting and dragging a high measurement point in the graph to identify the object and perform the analysis.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">&nbsp;</p>BVQ really works well with large SVC clusters in the enterprise.&nbsp; BVQ was designed with that specific requirement in mind. &nbsp; Analyzing and troubleshooting a large SVC cluster can be done in just a few minutes. No searching in tables to make sense of...002359urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-0fe3bf75-d27b-4a36-a090-48498096b48bThe BVQ Blog2018-02-19T11:21:33-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-9bd86009-80c8-4df4-954c-253fe14f6b8aNew in BVQ V5.3 Web Dashboard for SVC / Storwize storage monitoringmipi270004DGB0activefalsemipi270004DGB0activefalseComment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikestrue2017-11-02T02:21:46-04:002017-11-09T11:53:19-05:00<p dir="ltr">The BVQ Web Dashboard is based on Grafana, which is one of the leading open source software tools to visualize time series data that can interact with different data sources (<a href="https://grafana.com/">https://grafana.com/</a>).<br>
The BVQ Server now provides an API to access most <strong>performance metrics</strong> you know from the BVQ GUI, to visualize them in Grafana. Therefore, you have the option to install a preconfigured Grafana with some default Dashboards inside the BVQ Server. This offers a great possibility to view general &quot;realtime&quot; information directly in the browser without the need to open the BVQ GUI.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">&nbsp;</p>The BVQ Web Dashboard is based on Grafana, which is one of the leading open source software tools to visualize time series data that can interact with different data sources ( https://grafana.com/ ). The BVQ Server now provides an API to access most...002465urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-0fe3bf75-d27b-4a36-a090-48498096b48bThe BVQ Blog2018-02-19T11:21:33-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-4a741848-cf82-4eae-b05e-5fbfd5e07708REST API to easily connect Excel to spectrum virtualize performance and capacity informationmipi270004DGB0activefalseComment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikestrue2017-10-28T10:21:57-04:002017-10-28T10:21:57-04:00<h2 dir="ltr" id="Downloadsandreleases-RESTAPI">REST API</h2>
<p dir="ltr">Microsoft Excel is the most important and flexible Reporting Tool. Manifold opportunities to create tables, charts, calculations, etc. bundled with a variety of different skills makes it useful in a lot of different situations. Excel provides a wide range of options to import data from different formats in files, databases or API&#39;s.</p>
<p dir="ltr">BVQ now provides an API to connect Excel to Topology information based on favorites located in &quot;All Users&quot;. The information can be displayed in a Treetable and imported into Excel for further processing.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">To access and explore the API endpoints, the BVQ-Server provides an overview page to display the required URL and all information connected to the favorite.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Since version 5.0 it is possible to use basic filter options inside the Topology View. This type of filter was restricted to direct object attributes which could be connected with AND conditions.<br>
The new enhanced filtering added a lot of additional filter options to specify filters that exactly fit your needs even if they are highly complex.</p>
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How to filter Clusters and MDisk groups that contain VDisks with a virtual capacity greater than 500GiB or with more than 500 IO/s in average the last day</p>
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<p dir="ltr">&nbsp;</p>Enhanced filtering Since version 5.0 it is possible to use basic filter options inside the Topology View. This type of filter was restricted to direct object attributes which could be connected with AND conditions. The new enhanced filtering added a lot of...012070urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-0fe3bf75-d27b-4a36-a090-48498096b48bThe BVQ Blog2018-02-19T11:21:33-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-d33dc793-c1ad-4724-8434-2b50e89fbfc3Path based charting enhances performance analysis experiencemipi270004DGB0activefalsemipi270004DGB0activefalseComment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikestrue2017-10-28T09:52:08-04:002017-10-28T10:23:21-04:00<h2 dir="ltr" id="BVQ5.3-Pathbasedcharting">Path based charting</h2>
<p dir="ltr">Since BVQ Version 5.0 it is possible to display a table (Treetable) below the Treemap. Now we went one step further and extended the Topology view with the option to add a performance chart to interact with the objects visible in Treemap or Treetable. This enhances the possibilities to select and restrict objects based on dynamic filters and selected conditions. Now there are three views available to be displayed in the Toplology view: Treemap, Treetable and Chart. Currently you can display two of them simultaneously in ever combination.</p>
<p dir="ltr">One of the most useful extensions with this feature is the possibility to show multiple aggregated metrics. Aggregated metrics are always calculated based on the objects visible in the Treemap or Treetable. In combination with the new <em>Enhanced Filtering</em> the views can be made highly dynamic and reusable as favorites for specific use cases.<br>
To manage the objects visible in the chart a <em>Chart visibility</em> Context menu was added for Treemap and Treetable objects.</p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span class="confluence-embedded-file-wrapper confluence-embedded-manual-size"><img class="confluence-embedded-image" data-base-url="https://bvqwiki.sva.de" data-image-src="/download/attachments/48103441/pip.gif?version=1&amp;modificationDate=1503565111667&amp;api=v2" data-linked-resource-container-id="48103441" data-linked-resource-container-version="48" data-linked-resource-content-type="image/gif" data-linked-resource-default-alias="pip.gif" data-linked-resource-id="48103512" data-linked-resource-type="attachment" data-linked-resource-version="1" data-unresolved-comment-count="0" height="400" src="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/download/attachments/48103441/pip.gif?version=1&amp;modificationDate=1503565111667&amp;api=v2"></img></span></p>Path based charting Since BVQ Version 5.0 it is possible to display a table (Treetable) below the Treemap. Now we went one step further and extended the Topology view with the option to add a performance chart to interact with the objects visible in Treemap or...002128urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-0fe3bf75-d27b-4a36-a090-48498096b48bThe BVQ Blog2018-02-19T11:21:33-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-85c0b509-a384-4468-b8e1-e8ec4b530231Protect your SEV's better from "out of storage" situations with overallocation coveragemipi270004DGB0activefalsemipi270004DGB0activefalseComment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikestrue2017-09-15T07:36:59-04:002017-12-11T12:08:11-05:00<p dir="ltr">As a request from one of our customers, we created a new metric called&nbsp;<strong><span style="font-size:12px;"><code>Overallocation coverage</code> </span></strong>in BVQ version 5.3.1.<br>
Basically this is the ratio of over-allocated thin/compressed capacity covered by a pool or cluster:</p>
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<span>It shows very easily how well the space efficient VDisks are covered by storage capacities.</span><br>
<span>In some cases, especially in very static environments, you know that you do not need this coverage.</span> <span>This value may then be small.</span><br>
<span>However, in more dynamic environments, storage requirements may increase rapidly.</span><br>
In these cases this metric should be monitored tightly or <span>incorporated into BVQ Alerting.</span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr">To get a better understanding of this feature, we have created a Whitepaper with additional information</p>
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<p dir="ltr">BVQ version 5.3.1 is available as family and friends release today - send us a note when you are interested to test it.<br>
BVQ@sva.de</p>
<p dir="ltr">&nbsp;</p>As a request from one of our customers, we created a new metric called&nbsp; Overallocation coverage in BVQ version 5.3.1. Basically this is the ratio of over-allocated thin/compressed capacity covered by a pool or cluster: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;...002375urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-0fe3bf75-d27b-4a36-a090-48498096b48bThe BVQ Blog2018-02-19T11:21:33-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-548dbbe8-74a0-4819-bdef-d883044fe94bCheck whether volume copies are stored on different sitesmipi270004DGB0activefalsemipi270004DGB0activefalseComment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikestrue2017-06-27T12:22:58-04:002017-06-27T12:30:42-04:00<p dir="ltr">The intention of VDisk copies is to protect servers against hardware failures. For this reason, it is important that the mirrors of the VDisk copies are stored on different storage systems. Here are some additional challenges in system administration and system monitoring.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">This document describes how to ensure that all volumes are stored on different sites.<br>
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An wrong setup in this area can lead to an only 50% chance of surviving a fail over. If there is a mirrored pair on Site 1 and by an evil coincidence an another on Site 2 you have the 100% certainty that the fail over will not work as expected. So in worst cases nothing will work.<br>
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At the level of the server, the problem cannot be recognized at all and it is difficult to detect it using the SVC GUI.<br>
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In order to detect wrong configurations like this quickly I have developed a method in BVQ and stored it as a favorite.<br>
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<li>(4) The list of hosts that use at least one of these volumes, and can be affected of this in any way<br>
We could extend this list with many volumes like capacity or performance<br>
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<li>(5) The list of rules in my installation as an overview<br>
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<li>(6) A Treemap, which shows in which applications these same hosts are used.&nbsp;<br>
These applications are also on risk.<br>
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The red color of the application&nbsp; &quot;Production&quot; shows that this application owns a volume which fails<br>
The red hosts in the other application just show that this application uses a host on risk.<br>
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<li>(7) This treemap represents the affected volumes graphically and helps in the orientation in the system.<br>
These little red sports show that both volumes are located in two mirrored MDisk groups</li>
</ul>The intention of VDisk copies is to protect servers against hardware failures. For this reason, it is important that the mirrors of the VDisk copies are stored on different storage systems. Here are some additional challenges in system administration and...001935urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-0fe3bf75-d27b-4a36-a090-48498096b48bThe BVQ Blog2018-02-19T11:21:33-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-035934fa-f2da-4f60-a4eb-8112fc03c0a3SVA Software Team ready for IBM TechU Orlando presenting SVC Storage Analysismipi270004DGB0activefalseComment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikestrue2017-05-23T15:47:33-04:002017-05-23T15:47:33-04:00<p dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:36px;"><a class="twitter-hashtag pretty-link js-nav" data-query-source="hashtag_click" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SVA?src=hash"><s>#</s><b>SVA</b></a> Software Team ready for <a class="twitter-hashtag pretty-link js-nav" data-query-source="hashtag_click" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IBM?src=hash"><s>#</s><b>IBM</b></a> TechU <a class="twitter-hashtag pretty-link js-nav" data-query-source="hashtag_click" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Orlando?src=hash"><s>#</s><b>Orlando</b></a> visit our booth #2 in the solution center and see storage performance analysis <a class="twitter-hashtag pretty-link js-nav" data-query-source="hashtag_click" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/bvq?src=hash"><s>#</s><b>bvq</b></a> <a class="twitter-hashtag pretty-link js-nav" data-query-source="hashtag_click" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IN?src=hash"><s>#</s><b>IN</b></a></span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><a href="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/download/attachments/22053091/DAeZqRVXUAUeK1V.jpg?version=1&amp;modificationDate=1495568678150&amp;api=v2" target="_blank"><img alt="image" src="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/download/attachments/22053091/DAeZqRVXUAUeK1V.jpg?version=1&amp;modificationDate=1495568678150&amp;api=v2" style=" display:block; margin: 1em 1em 0pt 0pt; float: left;"></img></a></p># SVA Software Team ready for # IBM TechU # Orlando visit our booth #2 in the solution center and see storage performance analysis # bvq # IN001928urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-0fe3bf75-d27b-4a36-a090-48498096b48bThe BVQ Blog2018-02-19T11:21:33-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-7c4fdaf1-d48c-4f22-a4a6-ebba97317fbdLet us meet at the TechU Event in Orlando FL from the 22nd until the 26th of Maymipi270004DGB0activefalseComment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikestrue2017-05-08T10:20:46-04:002017-05-08T10:20:46-04:00<p dir="ltr"><span style="color:#222222;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">We will participate at this event as an exhibitor. Visit us at the booth and come to our presentation when you are also there or make a reservation for an exclusive session. </span></span></p>
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<li><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">Join us (presentation):</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;"> We will have a presentation about &ldquo;</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">Solve performance challenges and optimize your IBM Spectrum infrastructures with BVQ</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">&rdquo; </span></li>
<li><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">Short description</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">:&nbsp; <u>Tyson Foods</u> and <u>BITMARCK</u> will be on stage with us during our technical session and will discuss how they overcame performance challenges and optimized their IBM Spectrum virtualized infrastructures with BVQ.</span><br>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;">This presentation is very interesting for IBM partners and customers who run SVC / Storwize systems.</span><br>
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<li><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">Presentation date:</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;"> &nbsp;&nbsp; Tuesday the <strong>23th of May from 1:45pm-2:25pm</strong> </span></li>
<li><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">Place:</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sago 2.</span></li>
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<p dir="ltr"><strong><span style="color:#222222;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">Partners interested in improving their IBM support service and customer satisfaction - highly welcome!</span></span></strong></p>
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<span style="color:#222222;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">The technical depth you can have from your system sets us apart. Our solution is developed by storage experts and offers everything you need for troubleshooting, monitoring and reporting.<br>
Please look out for our booth and you are very welcome to attend our presentation.</span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><strong><span style="color:#222222;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">Exclusive sessions:</span></span></strong></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span style="color:#222222;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">If you are interested in having an exclusive session, please let us know date and time when it can take place. Make sure to send us this information up to 5 days before the expo show starts.</span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="color:#222222;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;"><a href="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/">Visit our BVQ-wiki</a></span></span></p>We will participate at this event as an exhibitor. Visit us at the booth and come to our presentation when you are also there or make a reservation for an exclusive session. &nbsp; Join us (presentation): We will have a presentation about &ldquo; Solve...002596urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-0fe3bf75-d27b-4a36-a090-48498096b48bThe BVQ Blog2018-02-19T11:21:33-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-59880557-0e23-489e-906b-6016f0c16276BVQ Version 5.2 releasedmipi270004DGB0activefalseComment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikestrue2017-03-13T07:53:59-04:002017-03-13T07:53:59-04:00<p dir="ltr">SVA Software has just released a new version of our performance and capacity analysis software for IBM Spectrum Virtualized Infrastructure&rsquo;s - BVQ v5</p>
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<p dir="ltr">This new release has some great new features that simplifies and delivers even faster results to ensure that IBM Spectrum Virtualized infrastructures are always running at peak performance.</p>
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<li>New streamline reporting</li>
<li>An integrated database for faster analysis and faster deployments</li>
<li>Multi-view actionable dashboards for quick insight across the whole infrastructure</li>
<li>Analytic favorites that simplify and expedite analysis</li>
<li>Interactive use cases that provide step-by-step process execution</li>
<li>New SAAS based subscription based pricing</li>
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<p dir="ltr"><a href="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/x/BQEz"><strong>Download&nbsp;the&nbsp;newest&nbsp;BVQ&nbsp;code</strong></a></p>
<p dir="ltr"><a href="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/x/vQCE"><strong>Start&nbsp;a&nbsp;BVQ&nbsp;demo</strong></a></p>
<p dir="ltr"><strong>Check-out a quick 4 minute VDisk analysis video:</strong></p>
<p dir="ltr"><a href="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/x/n4dZAg" target="_blank" text="undefined"><img alt="image" src="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/download/attachments/22053091/image2017-3-13%2012%3A46%3A13.png?version=1&amp;modificationDate=1489405573937&amp;api=v2" style="display: block; margin: 1em 1em 0pt 0pt; float: left; width: 640px; height: 361px;"></img></a></p>SVA Software has just released a new version of our performance and capacity analysis software for IBM Spectrum Virtualized Infrastructure&rsquo;s - BVQ v5 &nbsp; This new release has some great new features that simplifies and delivers even faster results to...003194urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-0fe3bf75-d27b-4a36-a090-48498096b48bThe BVQ Blog2018-02-19T11:21:33-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-e87cd61e-4905-47c0-b152-d3484f6e30e3BVQ double release week (version 5.0.3 & 5.1.2)Felix Schenkendorf2700033XQ7activefalseComment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikestrue2017-02-20T05:11:03-05:002017-02-20T05:11:03-05:00<p dir="ltr">Last week, 15th February 2017, 2 BVQ versions (5.0.3 &amp; 5.1.2) have been released.</p>
<p dir="ltr">All of the new features explained in earlier posts (<a href="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/display/BVQ/BVQ+5.0#BVQ5.0-Multipleviewcomposition">Multiple view composition, </a><a href="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/display/BVQ/BVQ+5.0#BVQ5.0-Selfexplanatoryfavorites">Self explanatory favorites, </a><a href="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/display/BVQ/BVQ+5.0#BVQ5.0-Fullyrecallabletableviews">Fully recallable table views) </a>are available in the BVQ GUI.<br>
You can find a summary of all new features, improvements &amp; bugfixes here: <a href="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/display/BVQ/BVQ+5.0">https://bvqwiki.sva.de/display/BVQ/BVQ+5.0</a></p>
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<p dir="ltr">In version 5.1 we introduced our new MongoDB database backend in BVQ. In version 5.1.x MongoDB is only available for new installations. A migration process from existing DB2 BVQ databases will be available in version 5.2. soon.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Both versions support the SVC Code level 7.8.x including the new EasyTier Levels (tier1_flash).</p>
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<p dir="ltr">You can find the downloads here:</p>
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<li>5.1.2 - <a href="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/display/BVQ/BVQ+5.1">https://bvqwiki.sva.de/display/BVQ/BVQ+5.1</a></li>
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<p dir="ltr">&nbsp;</p>Last week, 15th February 2017, 2 BVQ versions (5.0.3 &amp; 5.1.2) have been released. All of the new features explained in earlier posts ( Multiple view composition, Self explanatory favorites, Fully recallable table views) are available in the BVQ GUI. You...003368urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-0fe3bf75-d27b-4a36-a090-48498096b48bThe BVQ Blog2018-02-19T11:21:33-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-374270af-6afa-4431-b30e-4bf30c0b1663Solve SVC / Storwize performance problems by factors faster with BVQ V5mipi270004DGB0activefalsemipi270004DGB0activefalseComment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikestrue2016-11-01T16:17:10-04:002016-11-08T23:59:53-05:00<h1 dir="ltr" id="PerformancebottleneckanalysisonIBMSVCandIBMStorwizeV7000-Howanalysiswindowssupportstorageperformanceanalysis">How analysis windows support storage performance analysis<br>
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<p dir="ltr">BVQ version 5 introduces a new interface which allows the grouping of logically connected views into dashboard-like analysis windows. These groupings can then be stored as favorites and can be used like recipes to help solve problems quickly.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The following picture shows an analysis window which gives an overview of a complete storage system.&nbsp; This analysis window describes the data path and the load in the hardware in a way that allows for quick identification of technical issues.</p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14px;"><strong><a href="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/x/e4E6" target="_blank">read&nbsp;more&nbsp;here</a></strong></span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><a href="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/x/e4E6" target="_blank" text="undefined"><img alt="image" src="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/download/attachments/3834235/Performance%20analysis%20Pict7.png?version=1&amp;modificationDate=1478058806737&amp;api=v2" style=" display:block; margin: 1em 1em 0pt 0pt; float: left;"></img></a></p>How analysis windows support storage performance analysis (and make it by factors faster) &nbsp; BVQ version 5 introduces a new interface which allows the grouping of logically connected views into dashboard-like analysis windows. These groupings can then be...002939urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-0fe3bf75-d27b-4a36-a090-48498096b48bThe BVQ Blog2018-02-19T11:21:33-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-c39bd59b-ede6-4195-85d5-b7d4efd06eddSee this at Edge 2016 - BVQ technical dashboard for SVC / Storwize performance analysismipi270004DGB0activefalsemipi270004DGB0activefalseComment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikestrue2016-09-16T07:10:54-04:002016-09-16T20:14:45-04:00<h1 dir="ltr">Let&#39;s talk about great analysis power!</h1>
<h3 dir="ltr">But first:<br>
What is the difference between a dashboard and a technical dashboard?</h3>
<p dir="ltr">You have probably seen my post about the&nbsp; Grafana dashboard</p>
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<li><a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/BVQ/entry/See_this_at_Edge_2016_Performance_data_graphical_visualization_for_SVC_and_Storwize?lang=en">https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/BVQ/entry/See_this_at_Edge_2016_Performance_data_graphical_visualization_for_SVC_and_Storwize?lang=en</a></li>
<li>&quot;This is what changed the world of storage performance analysis!
<ul>
<li>Part 1&quot; <a href="https://t.co/hRn3cFYRjL">https://t.co/hRn3cFYRjL</a></li>
<li>Part 2&quot; <a href="https://t.co/wUklRmUsHX">https://t.co/wUklRmUsHX</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p dir="ltr">The Grafana dashboard which will be connected to BVQ&nbsp; and gives an easy understandable overview about the SVC / Storwize storage system. It will help to quickly understand performance and whether things are going right or wrong. It will not really help to solve problems in depth because it is high level.</p>
<p dir="ltr">&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr">This is great sunshine monitoring. It is sufficient as long as everything is going well.</p>
<p dir="ltr">But when &quot;rain is coming up&quot; and problems need to be solved quickly another type of software is coming into place. The good thing is that BVQ is also&nbsp; the best tool to solve for very bad weather situations inside SVC ort Storwize.<br>
&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr">BVQ Version 4.2 will not only support Grafana it will also allow to assemble different analysis screen in a way that they are also looking and acting like a live dashboard. A very technical dashboard - as technical as you want it. But this dashboard is more - it is an multi functional macro.</p>
<p dir="ltr">&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr">This technical dashboard is a macro or a so called favorite which combines several layers of the storage into one screen. This favorite can be called with any kind of object. I also like to call these analysis favorites Analysis-Tableau&#39;s.</p>
<ul dir="ltr">
<li>Called with the cluster object gives an overview of the cluster</li>
<li>Called with a VDisk gives an overview of the VDisk and the caches, ports, MDisks which are filtered in a way that only elements will be shown which topology wise belong to the VDisk - this is pure analysis power and like magic</li>
<li>Fun to call it with a node port! shows everything which uses this one node port.</li>
<li>...</li>
</ul>
<p dir="ltr">&nbsp;</p>
<h1 dir="ltr">Next step analysis magic with BVQ V4.2</h1>
<p dir="ltr">&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr">BVQ 4.2 can perform analysis like everybody is used to but it adds a new level of magic! Our developers call them multi view windows. I like to call them analysis tableau&#39;s.<br>
<br>
An analysis table are a set of windows in one screen. The windows are connected by a selection of objects. So in the following case the selection was the complete cluster .</p>
<p dir="ltr"><a href="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/download/attachments/22053091/2016-09-16%20BVQ%20Pict9.png?api=v2" target="_blank"><img alt="image" src="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/download/attachments/22053091/2016-09-16%20BVQ%20Pict9.png?api=v2" style=" display:block; margin: 1em 1em 0pt 0pt; float: left;"></img></a><br>
<br>
&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr">&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr">&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr">&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr">.</p>
<p dir="ltr">As we already said simple to understand solutions are the best. The analyst now sees everything and just has to match the information on the screen to find out whats going on.</p>
<p dir="ltr">&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr">The nest picture shows how easy it is to perform the first analysis steps with the tableau.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><a href="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/download/attachments/22053091/2016-09-16%20BVQ%20Pict10.png?api=v2" target="_blank"><img alt="image" src="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/download/attachments/22053091/2016-09-16%20BVQ%20Pict10.png?api=v2" style=" display:block; margin: 1em 1em 0pt 0pt; float: left;"></img></a></p>
<p dir="ltr">&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr">&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr">.</p>
<p dir="ltr">This is a great shortcut which will save a lot of clicking and time. From this point the analysis starts with much more knowledge about the cause of the problem. The typical next step is that one of these windows will be enlarged to go forward with normal analysis</p>
<p dir="ltr">&nbsp;</p>Let&#39;s talk about great analysis power! But first: What is the difference between a dashboard and a technical dashboard? You have probably seen my post about the&nbsp; Grafana dashboard https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/BVQ/entry/See_this_a...003859urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-0fe3bf75-d27b-4a36-a090-48498096b48bThe BVQ Blog2018-02-19T11:21:33-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-d41ac0f3-a6f3-476a-9862-38ffb15b00f8See this at Edge 2016 - Performance data graphical visualization for SVC and Storwizemipi270004DGB0activefalsemipi270004DGB0activefalseComment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikestrue2016-09-16T06:13:07-04:002016-09-16T08:54:25-04:00<p dir="ltr">BVQ will support Grafana for the performance data graphical visualization for SVC and Storwize (IBM Spectrum Virtualization).</p>
<p dir="ltr">Use the whole power of BVQ to collect and prepare the data and let Grafana create excellent dashboards out of this!</p>
<h3 dir="ltr"><br>
Come to booth 248 to see it live!</h3>
<p dir="ltr"><a href="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/download/attachments/22053091/2016-09-16%20Grafana%20BVQ.png?api=v2" target="_blank"><img alt="image" height="699" src="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/download/attachments/22053091/2016-09-16%20Grafana%20BVQ.png?api=v2" style="display: block; margin: 1em 1em 0pt 0pt; float: left;" width="1248"></img></a></p>
<p dir="ltr">&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr">&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr">&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr">&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr">&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr">&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr"><a href="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/download/attachments/22053091/2016-09-16%20Grafana%202.png?api=v2" target="_blank"><img alt="image" src="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/download/attachments/22053091/2016-09-16%20Grafana%202.png?api=v2" style=" display:block; margin: 1em 1em 0pt 0pt; float: left;"></img></a></p>BVQ will support Grafana for the performance data graphical visualization for SVC and Storwize (IBM Spectrum Virtualization). Use the whole power of BVQ to collect and prepare the data and let Grafana create excellent dashboards out of this! Come to booth 248...014153urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-0fe3bf75-d27b-4a36-a090-48498096b48bThe BVQ Blog2018-02-19T11:21:33-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-80e7cfdf-8aed-412e-8e34-442be37a300bVist the BVQ demo booth 248 at IBM Edge 2016 in Las Vegasmipi270004DGB0activefalsemipi270004DGB0activefalseComment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikestrue2016-09-14T05:57:52-04:002016-09-14T06:00:20-04:00<p dir="ltr">Come see us at IBM Edge booth 248 - hear about the new exciting features in BVQ 4.2.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><br>
Enter to win a DJI drone.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><a href="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/download/attachments/22053091/drone.png" target="_blank"><img alt="image" src="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/download/attachments/22053091/drone.png" style=" display:block; margin: 1em 1em 0pt 0pt; float: left;"></img></a></p>Come see us at IBM Edge booth 248 - hear about the new exciting features in BVQ 4.2. Enter to win a DJI drone.003100urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-0fe3bf75-d27b-4a36-a090-48498096b48bThe BVQ Blog2018-02-19T11:21:33-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-d63b503c-9ef2-4d23-be79-b1ea399735daBVQ version 4.1.1 released and public availableFelix Schenkendorf2700033XQ7activefalseFelix Schenkendorf2700033XQ7activefalseComment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikestrue2016-08-17T08:25:45-04:002016-08-17T08:26:32-04:00<p dir="ltr">This monday August 15th, 2016 BVQ version 4.1.1 has been released.</p>
<p dir="ltr">&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr">Now all new features of prior version 4.1.0 are public available:</p>
<ul class="toc-indentation" dir="ltr">
<li>Event and audit log integration</li>
<li>Topology filtering by attributes</li>
<li>New system features supported (cluster sites, enclosures, Global mirror with change volumes and Hyperswap, Easy Tier load &amp; Quorum index)</li>
<li>Ultra high resolution monitor support (4k)</li>
<li>Improved date-axis in Performance-View</li>
</ul>
<p dir="ltr"><a href="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/display/BVQ/BVQ+4.1">See&nbsp;release&nbsp;notes</a></p>
<p dir="ltr">&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr">With the topology filtering for example you now can filter your BVQ treemap by attributes to show you only VDisks with a latency greater then X ms/IO.<br>
So now you can get a real fast overview to focus on the important objects in your environment.</p>This monday August 15th, 2016 BVQ version 4.1.1 has been released. &nbsp; Now all new features of prior version 4.1.0 are public available: Event and audit log integration Topology filtering by attributes New system features supported (cluster sites,...002934urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-0fe3bf75-d27b-4a36-a090-48498096b48bThe BVQ Blog2018-02-19T11:21:33-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-eab5ca2b-6179-44ba-a587-3ae561e523f4Release candidate BVQ 4.1 available for downloadmipi270004DGB0activefalseComment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikestrue2016-06-19T22:10:32-04:002016-06-19T22:10:32-04:00<p dir="ltr">We have added many new features in version 4.1<br>
One of the most interesting might be event and audit log integration or 4k monitor support.</p>
<p dir="ltr">&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr">You can download this version prior to release when you send us a mail<br>
<a class="external-link" href="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/x/oYD7AQ" rel="nofollow">See release notes </a></p>
<p dir="ltr">&nbsp;</p>
<h1 dir="ltr" id="ReleasecandidateBVQ4.1availablefordownload-Highlights">Highlights of Version 4.1</h1>
<ul class="toc-indentation" dir="ltr">
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/display/BVQ/BVQ+4.1#BVQ4.1-Eventandauditlogintegration" rel="nofollow">Event and audit log integration</a></li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/display/BVQ/BVQ+4.1#BVQ4.1-Topologyfiltering" rel="nofollow">Topology filtering</a></li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/display/BVQ/BVQ+4.1#BVQ4.1-Newsystemfeaturessupported" rel="nofollow">New system features supported</a></li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/display/BVQ/BVQ+4.1#BVQ4.1-Ultrahighresolutionmonitorsupport" rel="nofollow">Ultra high resolution monitor support</a></li>
<li><a class="external-link" href="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/display/BVQ/BVQ+4.1#BVQ4.1-Improveddate-axisinPerformance-View" rel="nofollow">Improved date-axis in Performance-View</a><br>
<br>
&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<p dir="ltr">One example of 4.1 changes!</p>
<p dir="ltr">We now can visualize the log and event entries inside BVQ and directly recognize the effect of changes!<br>
<a href="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/download/attachments/33259681/perf_events.png" target="_blank"><img alt="image" src="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/download/attachments/33259681/perf_events.png" style=" display:block; margin: 1em 1em 0pt 0pt; float: left;"></img></a></p>We have added many new features in version 4.1 One of the most interesting might be event and audit log integration or 4k monitor support. &nbsp; You can download this version prior to release when you send us a mail See release notes &nbsp; Highlights of...002582urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-0fe3bf75-d27b-4a36-a090-48498096b48bThe BVQ Blog2018-02-19T11:21:33-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-e62f24b2-8901-4f19-b197-2596788c6c50Storage monitoring cockpit for IBM Cisco VersaStack (CeBIT 2016)mipi270004DGB0activefalseComment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikestrue2016-04-01T02:32:12-04:002016-04-01T02:32:12-04:00<p dir="ltr">The IBM Cisco VersaStack comes with a set of GUI&#39;s for the Cisco UCS and the IBM storage.<br>
Both enable to manage the system but storage monitoring and analysis capabilities are poor.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><strong>This is like flying a plane without a cockpit!</strong><br>
BVQ adds the needed cockpit with all necessary information in only one screen!<br>
&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr"><strong>The CeBIT VersaStack / BVQ cockpit project</strong></p>
<ul dir="ltr">
<li>Target was to setup a complete monitoring system for the storage component of the IBM Cisco VersaStack solution which is a Storwize V7000 in this case.</li>
<li>For this prototype we used a small X220 laptop to setup the complete BVQ environment</li>
<li>This laptop was connected with ISCSI to the storage and used IOMeter to create some load on the storage. (this is the reason for the relatively high latencies in the picture)</li>
<li>Setup time was one hour&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<p dir="ltr">Installation can now be improved by adding specific alerts or reporting with BVQ<br>
&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr"><a href="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/x/QAPyAQ">Read&nbsp;more&nbsp;here</a></p>
<p dir="ltr">&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr"><a href="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/download/attachments/32637760/image2016-3-18 16%3A57%3A44.png?version=1&amp;modificationDate=1458316781803&amp;api=v2" target="_blank"><img alt="image" src="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/download/attachments/32637760/image2016-3-18%2016%3A57%3A44.png?version=1&amp;modificationDate=1458316781803&amp;api=v2" style="display: block; margin: 1em 1em 0pt 0pt; float: left; width: 600px; height: 447px;"></img></a></p>The IBM Cisco VersaStack comes with a set of GUI&#39;s for the Cisco UCS and the IBM storage. Both enable to manage the system but storage monitoring and analysis capabilities are poor. This is like flying a plane without a cockpit! BVQ adds the needed cockpit...003842urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-0fe3bf75-d27b-4a36-a090-48498096b48bThe BVQ Blog2018-02-19T11:21:33-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-1437de63-5ab5-42e9-be32-ba8eabdeed1aRendevous with BVQ at the CeBIT 2016mipi270004DGB0activefalsemipi270004DGB0activefalseComment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikestrue2016-03-08T11:29:44-05:002016-03-11T01:20:17-05:00<div dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 95%; margin-top: 9pt;"><font color="#202020" size="4"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><b>SVA&nbsp;</b><b>presents</b><b>&nbsp;ne</b><b>w</b><b>&nbsp;</b><b>v</b><b>ersion&nbsp;</b><b>of</b><b>&nbsp;</b><b>storage m</b><b>onitoring&nbsp;</b><b>a</b><b>nd&nbsp;</b><b>a</b><b>nalys</b><b>i</b><b>s solution<br>
BVQ</b><b>&nbsp;</b><b>at</b><b>&nbsp;</b><b>the</b><b>&nbsp;CeBIT</b><b>&nbsp;2016</b></span></font></div>
<p dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 9pt;">&nbsp;</p>
<div dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 95%;"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>German&nbsp;</b><b>s</b><b>ystem</b><b>&nbsp;integrator continu</b><b>ously</b><b>&nbsp;</b><b>enhances s</b><b>oftware</b></span></font></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 95%;">&nbsp;</div>
<div dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 95%;"><font color="#202020"><i>Wiesbade</i><i>n</i><i>,</i><i>&nbsp;</i><i>March&nbsp;</i><i>201</i><i>6</i></font></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 95%;"><font color="#202020">SVA System Vertrieb Alexander GmbH, the biggest European IBM Business Partner, presents the newest version of the&nbsp;<b>storage m</b><b>onitoring&nbsp;</b><b>a</b><b>nd analys</b><b>i</b><b>s solution</b><b>&nbsp;BVQ</b>&nbsp;at the CeBIT 2016 in Hannover/Germany. BVQ is a software for the professional problem analysis in the fields of IBM storage, especially Storwize and SVC, and is currently the most refined solution in the market. Throughout the world, numerous customers use BVQ to ensure operational reliability and performance of their company storage.<br>
<br>
Version 4.0 provides a strongly improved effectivity, capability and concept of operations:<br>
Innovative features optimize the in-depth analysis:&nbsp;<i>t</i><i>reetable</i>,&nbsp;<i>t</i><i>reemap&nbsp;</i><i>f</i><i>iltering</i>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<i>o</i><i>bject&nbsp;</i><i>c</i><i>entric&nbsp;</i><i>f</i><i>iltering</i>&nbsp;as well as many further highlights which significantly increase the added value for IBM storage customers.<br>
<br>
The SVA experts are available at the CeBIT as premium partner at the IBM exhibition stand in&nbsp;<b>exhibition hall</b><b>&nbsp;2,&nbsp;</b><b>s</b><b>tand A10,</b><b>&nbsp;</b><b>d</b><b>emo&nbsp;</b><b>p</b><b>oint 70</b>.</font></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 95%;">&nbsp;</div>SVA&nbsp; presents &nbsp;ne w &nbsp; v ersion&nbsp; of &nbsp; storage m onitoring&nbsp; a nd&nbsp; a nalys i s solution BVQ &nbsp; at &nbsp; the &nbsp;CeBIT &nbsp;2016 &nbsp; German&nbsp; s ystem &nbsp;integrator continu ously &nbsp; enhances s oftware &nbsp;...003532urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-0fe3bf75-d27b-4a36-a090-48498096b48bThe BVQ Blog2018-02-19T11:21:33-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-b3cdfee4-83f1-4744-8baf-c353906e6ebbThe new BVQ Version 4 adds Treetable, filtering and many other usability featuresmipi270004DGB0activefalsemipi270004DGB0activefalseComment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikestrue2016-02-15T12:44:57-05:002016-02-15T12:47:54-05:00<p dir="ltr">&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:16px;">BVQ version 4 is fully loaded with new features.<br>
Treetable, Filtering and analytic favorites are only some of them.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr">&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr"><a href="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/x/BQEz" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Download&nbsp;BVQ&nbsp;Version&nbsp;4&nbsp;here</strong></span></a></p>
<p dir="ltr">&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:16px;">Highlights of BVQ Version 4</span></p>
<div class="toc-macro rbtoc1455557837667" dir="ltr">
<ul class="toc-indentation">
<li><span style="font-size:16px;"><a href="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/display/BVQ/Downloads+and+releases#Downloadsandreleases-Treetable">Treetable</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:16px;"><a href="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/display/BVQ/Downloads+and+releases#Downloadsandreleases-Treemapfiltering">Treemap filtering</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:16px;"><a href="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/display/BVQ/Downloads+and+releases#Downloadsandreleases-Objectcentricnavigation">Object centric navigation</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:16px;"><a href="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/display/BVQ/Downloads+and+releases#Downloadsandreleases-Globalanalyticfavorites">Global analytic favorites</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:16px;"><a href="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/display/BVQ/Downloads+and+releases#Downloadsandreleases-CustomizeGUIstartupwindowlayout">Customize GUI startup window layout</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:16px;"><a href="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/display/BVQ/Downloads+and+releases#Downloadsandreleases-ConsolidatedDBinstaller">Consolidated DB installer</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:16px;"><a href="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/display/BVQ/Downloads+and+releases#Downloadsandreleases-Pre-consolidatedstatsstorage">Pre-consolidated stats storage</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:16px;"><a href="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/display/BVQ/Downloads+and+releases#Downloadsandreleases-Performanceviewenhancements">Performance view enhancements</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:16px;"><a href="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/display/BVQ/Downloads+and+releases#Downloadsandreleases-AdaptiveTreemapSizingenhancements">Adaptive Treemap Sizing enhancements</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:16px;"><a href="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/display/BVQ/Downloads+and+releases#Downloadsandreleases-SystemdeletiontoolintegratedinGUI">System deletion tool integrated in GUI</a></span></li>
</ul>
</div>
<p dir="ltr">&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:16px;">Since beginning of BVQ we are working with the Treemap which made us the software with the best methods to overlook capacities or performance across hundreds and thousands of vdisk, mdisks or any other layer in the SVC or Storwize.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr">&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:16px;">Now we added the Treetable to the Treemap to win with both worlds and to allow an even deeper level of information.</span><span style="font-size:16px;"> The excellent overview with the Treemap is now enhanced with the detailed informational of the tightly connected Treetable.&nbsp; You have the freedom of choice, Treemap, Treetable or both are only one mouse click away.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr">&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:16px;"><a href="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/download/attachments/22053091/tm_tt.png?version=1&amp;modificationDate=1455557879633&amp;api=v2" target="_blank"><img alt="image" src="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/download/attachments/22053091/tm_tt.png?version=1&amp;modificationDate=1455557879633&amp;api=v2" style=" width:100%; display:block; margin: 1em 0pt 0pt 0pt; float: left;"></img></a></span></p>&nbsp; BVQ version 4 is fully loaded with new features. Treetable, Filtering and analytic favorites are only some of them. &nbsp; Download&nbsp;BVQ&nbsp;Version&nbsp;4&nbsp;here &nbsp; Highlights of BVQ Version 4 Treetable Treemap filtering Object centric...003682urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-0fe3bf75-d27b-4a36-a090-48498096b48bThe BVQ Blog2018-02-19T11:21:33-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-14f17f74-840c-43e2-8a29-924fb0250b41BVQ V3.5.5 adds full IBM FlashSystem V9000 supportFelix Schenkendorf2700033XQ7activefalsemipi270004DGB0activefalseComment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikestrue2015-09-21T10:36:16-04:002016-02-22T00:57:34-05:00<p dir="ltr">Today we released BVQ version 3.5.5. This is a bugfix release which:</p>
<ul dir="ltr">
<li>full V9000 support</li>
<li>improves the performance view for VDisk copies and the treemap coloring for data class to storage class placement ratings</li>
<li>solves critical bugs for the VMware scanner (SSL certificate validation) and child MDisk group updates in the SVC scanner</li>
<li>fixes the updates in list-views for newly created objects and the forward / backward function timeframe in the performance view</li>
<li>corrects the SVC &amp; BVQ ID labeling in some locations</li>
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<p dir="ltr">The complete release notes for version 3.5.5 can be found here: <a href="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/display/BVQ/Release+notes+for+BVQ+V3.5.5">https://bvqwiki.sva.de/display/BVQ/Release+notes+for+BVQ+V3.5.5</a></p>
<p dir="ltr">Downloads are available here: <a href="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/display/BVQ/Release+3.5.5+en">https://bvqwiki.sva.de/display/BVQ/Release+3.5.5+en</a></p>Today we released BVQ version 3.5.5. This is a bugfix release which: full V9000 support improves the performance view for VDisk copies and the treemap coloring for data class to storage class placement ratings solves critical bugs for the VMware scanner (SSL...004092urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-0fe3bf75-d27b-4a36-a090-48498096b48bThe BVQ Blog2018-02-19T11:21:33-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-166240c6-d932-4499-b489-7020b6d94285VMware 6.0 support in BVQ V3.5.4mipi270004DGB0activefalsemipi270004DGB0activefalseComment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikestrue2015-09-10T18:26:27-04:002015-09-10T18:29:57-04:00<h1 class="rw_page_title" dir="ltr" id="rw_page_title"><span id="title-text">BVQ V3.5.4 - BVQ VMware integration package supports VMware 6.0 </span></h1>
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<p>Since BVQ V3.5.4 the BVQ VMware integration package also supports VMware 6.0.</p>
<p>Lookup hardware / software support in BVQ supported environments<br>
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</div>BVQ V3.5.4 - BVQ VMware integration package supports VMware 6.0 Since BVQ V3.5.4 the BVQ VMware integration package also supports VMware 6.0. Lookup hardware / software support in BVQ supported environments Supported environments &nbsp; More information about...003936urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-0fe3bf75-d27b-4a36-a090-48498096b48bThe BVQ Blog2018-02-19T11:21:33-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-af827639-2ef8-4a1a-8ba3-8cad42afb83dBVQ v3.5.4 releasedFelix Schenkendorf2700033XQ7activefalseComment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikestrue2015-09-01T11:29:41-04:002015-09-01T11:29:41-04:00<p dir="ltr">As of today I plan to give you a short notice when a new version of BVQ is released.</p>
<p dir="ltr">So today we released BVQ version 3.5.4. This is a bugfix release wich:</p>
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<li>solves bugs for the vmware scanner (now with vCenter version 6 support), for iSCSI performance views &amp; a performance data loading issue in the GUI</li>
<li>corrects the discovery of IP replication ports &amp; the design io rate for 15k drives in the GUI (only newly created drive types were affected)</li>
<li>improves the logging behaviour for the scheduler</li>
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<p dir="ltr">The complete release notes for version 3.5.4 can be found here: <a href="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/display/BVQ/Release+notes+for+BVQ+V3.5.4">https://bvqwiki.sva.de/display/BVQ/Release+notes+for+BVQ+V3.5.4</a></p>
<p dir="ltr">Downloads are available here: <a href="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/display/BVQ/Release+3.5.4+en">https://bvqwiki.sva.de/display/BVQ/Release+3.5.4+en</a></p>As of today I plan to give you a short notice when a new version of BVQ is released. So today we released BVQ version 3.5.4. This is a bugfix release wich: solves bugs for the vmware scanner (now with vCenter version 6 support), for iSCSI performance views...003134urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-0fe3bf75-d27b-4a36-a090-48498096b48bThe BVQ Blog2018-02-19T11:21:33-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-7c70a256-3e4d-4547-bff2-591853510d3bMetro Mirror performance problem analysis on IBM Spectrum Virtualize (SVC / Storwize)mipi270004DGB0activefalsemipi270004DGB0activefalseComment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikestrue2015-08-19T02:28:26-04:002015-08-19T02:31:26-04:00<h3 dir="ltr">Description of the performance problem solved in this document</h3>
<p dir="ltr">Latency problem was reported for VDisk CA-CL1-Disk04-N at 02/05/15 8:09,<br>
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The environment are two clusters connected with Metro Mirror. The first aim of this document is to show how we found the root cause of this problem in the link between the two clusters.<br>
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The second aim of this document is to describe how the root cause for this problem was found by using the BVQ structured performance problem analysis method. It demonstrates that successful analysis work needs a structured method and also a tool which supports this method and delivers the needed technical insight. We have the concept that everybody should be able to conduct a performance analysis. This is important because the level of service is lowered day by day and especially small customers are more and more reliant on their own skills or on the skills of their partners. This is a common problem occurring at all vendors!</p>
<p dir="ltr"><strong>When the <em>BVQ structured performance problem analysis method</em> is used in combination with all the information made available in the <em>BVQ Library</em> it gets very easy for a customer to detect the root causes of at least 80% of all typical performance problems by himself! Solving a problem will become easier, if the root causes are uncovered!</strong></p>
<p dir="ltr"><strong>Also this can be a perfect opportunity for partners to use BVQ during their customers&#39; service. Nothing is more impressive than presenting problem solving skills to customers.</strong></p>
<p dir="ltr"><strong>Just contact us: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/CALL-BVQ">http://tinyurl.com/CALL-BVQ</a></strong></p>
<p dir="ltr"><strong><a data-mce-href="https://system-vertrieb-alexander.sharefile.eu/d-s056d6d7673849b18" href="https://system-vertrieb-alexander.sharefile.eu/d-s056d6d7673849b18">Download this analysis document as pdf file</a></strong></p>
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<li><a href="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=28180509#AnalyzeaSVC/Storwizemetromirrorperformanceproblem-Descriptionoftheperformanceproblemsolvedinthisdocument">Description of the performance problem solved in this document</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=28180509#AnalyzeaSVC/Storwizemetromirrorperformanceproblem-WhatistheBVQstructuredperformanceproblemanalysismethod?">What is the BVQ structured performance problem analysis method?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=28180509#AnalyzeaSVC/Storwizemetromirrorperformanceproblem-Step0:Proofthattheproblemisdetectableinthestoragesystem">Step 0: Proof that the problem is detectable in the storage system</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=28180509#AnalyzeaSVC/Storwizemetromirrorperformanceproblem-Step1:performaquickhealthcheck">Step 1: perform a quick health check</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=28180509#AnalyzeaSVC/Storwizemetromirrorperformanceproblem-Step2:AdeeperlookintothefailingVDisk">Step 2: A deeper look into the failing VDisk</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=28180509#AnalyzeaSVC/Storwizemetromirrorperformanceproblem-Step3:GodeeperfromVDisktoVDiskcopy">Step 3: Go deeper from VDisk to VDisk copy</a>
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<li><a href="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=28180509#AnalyzeaSVC/Storwizemetromirrorperformanceproblem-HowtostarttheVDiskcopyanalysisfromthispoint">How to start the VDisk copy analysis from this point</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=28180509#AnalyzeaSVC/Storwizemetromirrorperformanceproblem-CheckthelatencyoftheVDiskcopies">Check the latency of the VDisk copies</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=28180509#AnalyzeaSVC/Storwizemetromirrorperformanceproblem-Checklowercachepartitionforoverflow">Check lower cache partition for overflow</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=28180509#AnalyzeaSVC/Storwizemetromirrorperformanceproblem-Step4:Goingupwardsandlookingintotheuppercache">Step 4: Going upwards and looking into the upper cache</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=28180509#AnalyzeaSVC/Storwizemetromirrorperformanceproblem-Step5:Remotecopyanalysis">Step 5: Remote copy analysis</a>
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<li><a href="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=28180509#AnalyzeaSVC/Storwizemetromirrorperformanceproblem-ChecktheVDiskontheremotecopytargetside">Check the VDisk on the remote copy target side</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=28180509#AnalyzeaSVC/Storwizemetromirrorperformanceproblem-Checktheconnectionbetweenthetwoclusters">Check the connection between the two clusters</a><a href="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/download/attachments/28180509/image2015-8-4%2017%3A45%3A48.png?version=1&amp;modificationDate=1438703632047&amp;api=v2" target="_blank"><img alt="image" src="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/download/attachments/28180509/image2015-8-4%2017%3A45%3A48.png?version=1&amp;modificationDate=1438703632047&amp;api=v2" style=" display:block; margin: 1em 1em 0pt 0pt; float: left;"></img></a></li>
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Pict. 1: A sudden latency peak with 400ms<span lang="en"><span class="hps"> and </span>withou<span class="hps">t any obvious reason</span> <span class="hps">usually</span> <span class="hps">indicates a problem</span> <span class="hps">that</span> <span class="hps">you have to look</span> <span class="hps">for in the</span> <span class="hps">environment</span> <span class="hps">of the caches</span> <span class="hps">or</span> <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">infrastructure</span><span>.</span></span><br>
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This latency peak is the starting point of our analysis example.</li>
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</div>Description of the performance problem solved in this document Latency problem was reported for VDisk CA-CL1-Disk04-N at 02/05/15 8:09, The environment are two clusters connected with Metro Mirror. The first aim of this document is to show how we found the...104298urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-0fe3bf75-d27b-4a36-a090-48498096b48bThe BVQ Blog2018-02-19T11:21:33-05:00urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-7fa50c64-3fdf-45cf-b4fb-1d471c73e375Let us meet at the IBM Power Systems and System Storage Event in Cannes from 10/25/15 to 10/30/15mipi270004DGB0activefalsemipi270004DGB0activefalseComment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikestrue2015-08-12T15:29:41-04:002015-08-12T15:35:04-04:00<p dir="ltr">We will participate at this event as an exhibitor with a session about possible services.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Come on - visit us at the booth or come to the session when you are also there.</p>
<p dir="ltr">This session is interesting for IBM partners and customers who run SVC / Storwize systems</p>
<p dir="ltr">(IBM Spectrum virtualize - I will learn it - I promise)</p>
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<p dir="ltr"><strong>Title: &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<br>
Service that matters - winning in the market by highly qualitative consulting and analysis with BVQ</strong></p>
<p dir="ltr"><strong>Abstract:</strong></p>
<p dir="ltr">IBM SVC and Storwize are fabulous storage systems with great performance, handsome administration and a lot of technical possibilities. Nevertheless- but if one of those systems suffers performance issues it is very difficult to find help and solutions.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Therefore you need the right toolset to discover, solve and avoid problems on your own.</p>
<p dir="ltr">SVA has developed a software that makes it easy to quickly find at least 80% of the typical reasons for performance problems in SVC or Storwize and to solve them.</p>
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<li>You are a technically oriented end customer - help yourself with BVQ!</li>
<li>You are a less technically-minded end customer - now you have the perfect tool that allows a partner to understand your performance problems correctly and solve them for you with BVQ!</li>
<li>You are an IBM storage partner - now you finally can offer the high-quality service to serve your own customers and attract new ones with BVQ!</li>
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<p dir="ltr"><strong>Partners interested in establishing service like this - highly welcome !</strong></p>
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Not only the price but also the technical depth sets us apart. Our solution is developed by storage experts and offers everything you need for problem analysis, monitoring and reporting.</p>
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Please look out for our booth and you are very welcome to attend our lecture.</p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span id="result_box" lang="en"><strong><span class="hps">A little game</span><span>!</span></strong><br>
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<span class="hps">The first person who</span> <span class="hps">recognizes</span> <span class="hps">what</span> <span class="hps">context</span> is shown in <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">following</span> <span class="hps">image</span> <span class="hps">receives a free</span> <span class="hps">BVQ</span> <span class="hps">Offline</span> <span class="hps">Scanner</span> <span class="hps">Healt</span>h <span class="hps">Check</span> <span class="hps">for one&nbsp;</span><span class="hps">SVC</span> <span class="hps">or</span> <span class="hps">Storwize</span> <span class="hps">system</span><span>.</span><br>
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<span class="hps">Please write to</span> <span class="hps">me if you</span> <span class="hps">have the solution</span><span>:</span><br>
<span class="hps">Michael.Pirker@sva.de</span></span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span lang="en"><span class="hps"><a href="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/download/attachments/28180509/image2015-8-9%2014%3A0%3A58.png" target="_blank"><img alt="image" src="https://bvqwiki.sva.de/download/attachments/28180509/image2015-8-9%2014%3A0%3A58.png" style=" display:block; margin: 1em 1em 0pt 0pt; float: left;"></img></a></span></span></p>We will participate at this event as an exhibitor with a session about possible services. Come on - visit us at the booth or come to the session when you are also there. This session is interesting for IBM partners and customers who run SVC / Storwize systems...003585urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-0fe3bf75-d27b-4a36-a090-48498096b48bThe BVQ Blog2018-02-19T11:21:33-05:00